Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-13
THE RHIND ARABIANS.
A RHlND ARABIAN ooNE-NoT TO Dus
Bill 10 CLAY.


but in vain, for a particular account of
the breed, ETC., of these horses. The fol-
lowing advertisement we find in MAYS
vile paper, and we take the opportunity
to register it, as in years to come it may
be useful to the owners of the progeny
of this horse. We may here repeat our
apprehension that the value of these
horses may not be sufficiently cherished
and appreciated, because we are too apt
to expect, in their first generation, great
racers-Eclipses and IIighflyers, and, be-
ing disappointed, give them up. A more
interesting and rational object is, to note
how far they will impart more bone and
muscle and better wind to our common
stock, and how far these qualities NAV
be migrated by successive appropriations
on our stock of turf horses. The fact
probably is, that we have not patience
to pursue a judicious and continued plan
of crossing with this race of horses. The
horses brought by Mr.. Rhind have, as we
have said on the occasion referred to, the
bone and muscle of well-formed horses
of 10 hands.
.NamboUl, tie 1mericdn H0rse.-E. L.
Bergman and II. Clay having purchased
this horse, deemed the finest of the horses
presented by Sultan Mahmoud to Mr..
Rhind, the American minister at Constan-
tinople, and lately imported into the Unit
ed States, his arrival in Kentucky is ex-
pected in the course of the next month.
1t being inconvenient for either Mr.. Ber-
ryman or Mr.. Clay to keep the horse for
the service of the public, they are dis
posed to sell an interest in him of one
third, to some person who can undertake
that office. In letter addressed to Mr..
Clay from New York on the 10th of Nav
last by Mr.. Rhind, this gentleman saws /:
MIR. Bergman requested Inc to give
you some account of the Arabian horse
Stamboul, which he purchased on your
account at the public sale here on the
l4th inst. This is one Of the horses sent
me by Sultan Mahmoud, few DAYS be-
fore left Constantinope, after my re-
turn from Russia (3lst August last.
took him from thence to Smyrna. where
| embarked for this port direct. lie was
pronounced by the best judges, both at
Constantinople and Smyrna, to be a
horse of the first grade: his color is
chestnut with silver name and tail, was
six years old last grass, and is of the
Arabian tribe Uegdi. The Arab horse
is seldom above II hands high. and the
sultan ordered ordered four of the tallest
race are considered good to covering I'M
til - years of age. You have certainly
made great acquisition by this purchase
and | am happy he has fallen into your
hands. Had not Congress claimed the
animals (and by what right | have yet to
learn, intended to have sent this horse
to Kentucky, and should have expected
from five to eight thousand dollars for
him. never would have sold him for
less than the first price. Had | not been
on the eve of departure for the East and
moreover feeling disinclined to interfere
in the business, | never would have al
lowed those horses to be thus sacrificed
am persuaded that the colts of Stam-
boul will show the intrinsic value of the
animal; and although my personal OBJ
ject has been defeated have the gratifi-
cation of believing that | have rendered
an important service to our country by
the introduction of this breed of horses.
They are in fact the only genuine Arabs
ever brought to America; and the origin
of these is from source of such ma
ture as stamps the validity of their char
acter.''
The terms on which the above interest
would be sold and for keeping STEAMBOAT
may be adjusted by application to the
subscriber. II. CLAY.
Ashland, Aug. %, 1881.
ANOTHER OF THE ARABIANs GONE TO
THE WEST.
From American Turf Register July 1872
STEAMBOAT has been sent by Mr.. Clay
to improve the stock of horses in the re-
gion where his Shorthorn and Hereford
cattle are doing so much for the graziers
of the West. We understand that an am
pie field has been opened for him to
transmit his Arabian qualities. Zicaadi,
another one of the four imported at the
same time, has been sold to the Hon. Josiah
=. Johnston, and is on his WaV to IOuiSi-